With less than a week remaining until the NHL's trade deadline, it's crunch time for the teams who might want to tweak a few things in their push to the playoffs.

Considering most of the Western Conference is gridlocked in a heap straddling the post-season cutoff line, some teams are looking for that missing link that could propel them up into safer standings in the West.

One such team that has been tied to many names is the Los Angeles Kings, who currently look to be hunting for a scoring forward who can be of help on their power play unit.

So who should the Kings target?

Here are ten possible players (alphabetically by last name) that LA could be seeking to trade for.

2. Tim Connolly: Buffalo Sabres

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Goals: 8

Assists: 18

Points: 26

Cap hit: 4.500

For a team that is looking for help on the power play, Connolly would be a great fit.

He has three of his goals and ten of his assists with the man advantage. Pair him with Ryan Smyth, who has eight goals on the power play, on one unit and it could turn into a very lethal lineup when their opponent takes a penalty.

4. Jarome Iginla: Calgary Flames

Jarome Iginla has a brutal cap hit, so the Kings would need to sacrifice a few players to make enough cap space, but he could really be that spark the LA team needs to fuel them into the post-season.

Iginla's numbers are already impressive and have kept Calgary hot, so who knows if he is still on the trading block, but if he was surrounded by a core of young talent his numbers could increase even more.

5. Ethan Moreau: Columbus Blue Jackets

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Goals: 1

Assists: 4

Points: 5

Cap hit: 2.000

With these single-digit stats, Ethan Moreau might look like a little bit of an oddball on this list when you are looking for a strong forward to throw in with the Kings, but Moreau has be a victim of circumstances.

Moreau has only 25 games played this season, and he has been a part of a struggling Columbus team, so if you mixed him with the talent of LA he might step things up.

6. Dustin Penner: Edmonton Oilers

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Goals: 20

Assists: 17

Points: 37

Cap hit: 4.250

Dustin Penner has to be one of my picks for Los Angeles' target.

The power forward has proven himself valuable for whatever team's sweat he sports. Penner's size, grit, scoring ability, and overall presence could really mix well with the Kings, but they'd still need to forfeit some solid talent to get him out of Edmonton.